Sha-Chi Powered Boat starts when you talk to Myst in her tavern in Pangzhen and takes you to Meigu Lake. For the second part you need the Flaming Mane (Flame drops it and Lei Dang repairs it): burn the brambles in northeast Pangzhen, reach the Pangzhen Docks bell and board the boat. It’s a purple quest and it fails if you cross into the Mirage Estate without closing it.
Where does Sha-Chi Powered Boat start?
In Pangzhen, during the chapter Town of Death. Myst’s underground tavern is near the Huang Manor Crossroads bell, in the building with two green lanterns. The first part triggers on its own when you talk to her: show her the broken Pipa and ask her about the boatman and Meigu Lake. It’s the same conversation that advances the Illusory Pipa.
According to player reports on the Steam forum, if you reach the docks or the lake before talking to Myst, her conversation loses the boatman option and the Soul Temper cutscene can freeze. The only shared way out is loading an earlier save. You have the details in the Illusory Pipa guide.
Step by step
- Talk to Myst (part 1)In her tavern in Pangzhen. Ask her about the boatman and the lake to activate the quest.
- Beat FlameIn the Lion Dance Hall, during The Heart’s Trail. He drops the dormant Flaming Mane. Vandal (Spanish guide) recommends beating You Loong first: his Deluge puts out Flame’s fire.
- Take the Mane to Lei DangIn Jingyang Hall. He activates it as a Phantom Edge and you can now burn brambles.
- Burn the northeast brambles (part 2)Cross rooftops and courtyards toward northeast Pangzhen and activate the Mandate Lodgings and Dockside Warehouse bells along the way.
- Clear the docks esplanadeAccording to GamingDeputy, the Soulclaimer, an elite Shadow Warden who gives the Parting Hooks, ambushes you there.
- Board the boatTouch the Pangzhen Docks bell and look for the boats with red flags on the north dock. When you reach the lake, touch the Crane Bell to reveal the map.
Rewards
The prize is access to Meigu Lake, where four other purple quests continue: Allure of Vanity, the fourth and fifth parts of the Illusory Pipa, the third duel of Bloodline Awakening and the fifth part of Secrets at the Heart of the Lake. Along the way you get the Flaming Mane and, if you beat him, the Parting Hooks.
It fails if you cross from the Green Serpent House into the Mirage Estate with it still open. That’s unlikely to happen, because the White Serpent Eye, needed to open that door, is at Meigu Lake.
Why won’t it progress?
- Myst doesn’t offer the boatman option: it’s the bug described above, according to player reports on the Steam forum. There’s no official fix.
- I can’t get through to the northeast: the brambles only burn with the Flaming Mane activated by Lei Dang.
- I got off at a dock and respawned far away: disembarking doesn’t save your return point; touch the bell at each dock.
Frequently asked questions
Where is the Sha-Chi powered boat?
On the north dock of Pangzhen, near the Pangzhen Docks bell, among the boats with red flags.
What do I need to reach the docks?
The Flaming Mane: beat Flame and take his dormant Mane to Lei Dang. With it you burn the northeast brambles.
How do you get to Meigu Lake?
With this very boat. You have the route summarized in how to get to Meigu Lake.
Does it count for the true ending?
Yes. It’s one of the purple quests.
